Location: Telford (Primary Base) / Hybrid with travel to London & Stratford as required
Duration: 6 Months Rate: £400 IR35
Status: PAYE Only
Clearance: BPSS Required
Please note: BPSS clearance is required for this position. The role is offered on a PAYE basis only in line with client requirements.
Your New Role
We are seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead a critical discovery and delivery initiative within HMRC's Customer Insight Platform (CIP).The Customer Insight Platform consists of multiple cross-functional agile teams responsible for collecting, analysing and enabling the use of customer interaction data at scale. A new workstream, known internally as Flocking and within HMRC as the Adaptive Detection System for Counter Fraud, is being established to transform fraud detection capabilities across HMRC.
This innovative programme aims to move fraud detection from reactive, rules-based approaches to a proactive, automated capability that identifies organised fraud networks and hidden relationships across large-scale datasets. The platform will enable investigators to uncover complex fraud patterns across banking, VAT, Self-Assessment, PAYE and other services in hours rather than weeks.
As Product Manager, you will lead the Discovery and Alpha phases, helping to define the product vision, roadmap and strategic direction before supporting planning, estimation and business case development for the subsequent build and live phases.
Essential Experience
Proven experience creating and communicating a compelling product vision
Extensive experience managing complex digital or data products throughout their lifecycle
Experience working in Agile, Lean and Continuous Delivery environments
Demonstrable success delivering products through Discovery, Alpha, Beta and Live phases
Strong stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences
Experience defining product metrics and using data to drive prioritisation and decision-making
Ability to build and maintain product roadmaps aligned to wider organisational strategies
Experience working with multiple engineering, DevOps and data platform teams
Strong backlog management and prioritisation expertise
Experience writing epics, user stories and acceptance criteria
Ability to build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups
Experience working within large-scale data, analytics or insight-driven environmentsKey Skills
Product Management
Customer-Centred Design
Agile & Lean Delivery
Data-Driven Decision Making
Product Strategy & Roadmapping
Stakeholder Management
Team Leadership & Coaching
Commercial & Supplier Management
Incident Management
Workshop FacilitationTools & Technologies
Jira
Confluence
Collaborative visualisation and modelling tools
Data analytics and exploration tools such as:
Splunk
Google Analytics
SupersetWhat You'll Get in Return
Opportunity to work on a high-profile Government counter-fraud programme
Involvement in a major data and analytics transformation initiative
Collaborative environment working alongside multidisciplinary agile teams
Exposure to large-scale data platforms and advanced analytics capabilities
Hybrid working arrangement with a mix of remote and onsite collaborationWhat You Need to Do Now
If you're an experienced Product Manager with a strong background in digital products, data platforms and Agile delivery, and you're looking to contribute to a nationally significant fraud detection programme, please apply now with your latest CV.
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Salary description
£400.00 - £400.00 per day